|**Title: **|**Girl´s Day- Girl´s Future Day**| |**Implementation**|{{wiki:1.png?nolink}}| |**Field(s) of Action:**|@#A9BCF5: * Presence and Visibility| |::: |@#D0A9F5: * Gender Dimension in Research and Education| |**Objectives:**|* Recruitment\\ * Encourage young girls to consider jobs in science and technology\\ * Discover young talents and support those| |**Target Group(s): **|Pupils\\ Girls (ages 9-17)| |**Description: **|Companies in technology and science as well as universities/colleges offer projects, workshops and guided tours especially designed for girls to inspire interest in science and technology.\\ Fields of science or jobs qualify to be part of a Girl´s Day event if the current rate of women is below 40% (in Germany). Girl´s Day events are coordinated and advertised by a national body. Organisations can get in contact with this body if they are interested in offering Girl´s Day activities. \\ Girl´s Days are held each year since 2001. Many girls have chosen a career in STEM fields after taking part in Girl´s Day activities.| |**More information:**|Bundesweite Koordinierungsstelle Girl´s Day- Mädchen Zukunftstag (Germany)\\ Contact: Elisabeth Schöppner\\ schoeppner@girls-day.de\\ Website: http://www.girls-day.de/|